AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 640

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11683 vs 9864

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 17 May 2017
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11683 vs 9864

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1218 MHz
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 50 Watt
3.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 1769
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 1769
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 2775
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 2775
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 3278
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 3278
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 352
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 2142

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1228 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1218 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3629 vs 3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3629 vs 3278
PassMark - G2D Mark	442 vs 352
PassMark - G3D Mark	2433 vs 2142

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1769

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1769

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

3331

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

3331

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3278

3629

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3278

3629

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11683

9864

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

352

442

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2142

2433

Name	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1769	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1769	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775	3331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775	3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278	3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278	3629
Geekbench - OpenCL	11683	9864
PassMark - G2D Mark	352	442
PassMark - G3D Mark	2142	2433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		36.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		170.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		160.823
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		35

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Arctic Islands	N17P-G1
Launch date	13 May 2019	17 May 2017
Place in performance rating	794	874
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.99
Price now		$59.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		63.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz	1670 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	1228 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512	384
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12	12_1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready